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1 gravy
gravy ['greɪvɪ]∎ it's gravy (easy) c'est du gâteau►► gravy boat saucière f;familiar gravy train assiette f au beurre;∎ to get on the gravy train être à la recherche d'un bon filon;∎ she's been on the gravy train for years elle a eu la vie facile pendant des années;∎ it's just a gravy train for him and his friends c'est une véritable mine d'or pour lui et ses amis -
2 boat
[bəut] 1. noun1) (a small vessel for travelling over water: We'll cross the stream by boat.) bateau2) (a larger vessel for the same purpose; a ship: to cross the Atlantic in a passenger boat.) navire3) (a serving-dish shaped like a boat: a gravy-boat.) saucière2. verb(to sail about in a small boat for pleasure: They are boating on the river.) faire du bateau- boatman- in the same boat - speedboat -
3 swim
swim [swɪm]1. noun[+ lake, river] traverser à la nage* * *[swɪm] 1.noun baignade f2.to go for a swim — (in sea, river) aller se baigner; ( in pool) aller à la piscine
transitive verb (p prés - mm-; prét swam; pp swum) nager [distance, stroke]; traverser [quelque chose] à la nage [river]; faire [quelque chose] à la nage [race]3.1) [person, animal] nager (in dans; out to vers, jusqu'à)2) ( be bathed)to be swimming in — baigner dans [sauce]
3) ( wobble) [scene, room] tourner••to be in the swim — être dans le coup (colloq)
sink or swim — marche ou crève (colloq)
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4 mop
A n2 ( for dishes) lavette f ;1 ( wash) laver [qch] à grande eau [floor, deck] ;2 ( wipe) to mop one's face/brow (with sth) s'éponger le visage/le front (avec qch) ; to mop sb's brow éponger le front de qn.■ mop down:▶ mop [sth] down, mop down [sth] laver [qch] à grande eau [floor, deck].■ mop up:▶ mop up éponger ;▶ mop up [sth], mop [sth] up1 lit éponger [mess, liquid] ; he mopped up his gravy with some bread il a saucé son assiette avec du pain ;3 ( absorb) engloutir [savings, profits, surplus] ; -
5 skim
(a) (milk) écrémer; (jam) écumer; (floating matter → with skimmer) écumer, enlever avec une écumoire; (→ with spatula) enlever avec une spatule;∎ to skim the froth from or off a glass of beer enlever la mousse d'un verre de bière;∎ to skim the fat from the gravy dégraisser la sauce;∎ to skim the cream from the milk écrémer le lait(b) (glide over → surface) effleurer, frôler;∎ the seagull skimmed the waves la mouette volait au ras de l'eau ou rasait les vagues;∎ the glider skimmed the tops of the trees le planeur frôlait ou rasait la cime des arbres;∎ the stone skimmed the lake la pierre a ricoché à la surface du lac;∎ figurative the book only skims the surface le livre ne fait qu'effleurer ou que survoler la question∎ the children were skimming stones over the lake les enfants faisaient des ricochets sur le lac∎ to skim over the ground/across the waves (bird) raser le sol/les vagues;∎ to skim over or across the lake (stone) faire des ricochets sur le lac►► American skim milk lait m écrémé(a) (cream, froth) enlever (avec une écumoire);∎ figurative the book dealers skimmed off the best bargains les marchands de livres ont fait les meilleures affaires;∎ the accounts department skims off the best recruits la comptabilité récupère les meilleures recrues(b) (steal → money)∎ he skimmed a little off the top for himself il s'est un peu servi au passage(letter, report) parcourir, lire en diagonale; (difficult passage) lire superficiellement, parcourir rapidement(letter, page) parcourir, lire en diagonale; (magazine) feuilleter;∎ I only had time to skim through the report je n'ai eu que le temps de lire le rapport en vitesse
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